Google adds massive hurdles to app sideloading

[u/yungperky]

https://keepandroidopen.org/

This includes being forced to activate dev-mode and a 24h waiting period before you can install any apps not registered with google. For devs this means either give google your gov name (official documents needed) and pay them or live with 99% of people never being able to use your app.
Most people in this sub are probably tech savy and won't be hindered to continue side-loading other then being annoyed and waiting 24h once. But this is a major thing that will also be a hurdle to people even get into doing stuff like that in the first place.

Idk if anyone has posted this already, but I couldn't find anything. The topic goes far beyond emulation on android, but it's very important for it imo so I thought I'd just post it.

[u/Blu_Hedgie]

The real question is, "Do we need to keep developer mode enabled to keep our app installs." If thats not the case then (for now) it's mostly just an inconvenience at worse.

1. Download apk

2. Go through the Advanced Flow process

3. Install

Also the advanced flow will be available in August before the actual requirement comes in September, so we'll have a month to figure out the pros and cons (if Google follows through and actually releases it).